House & Garden 
“ W Y C K ” 
AN OLD HOUSE AND GARDEN AT GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA 
M ANY of Germantown’s 
historic houses have 
been rudely marred by the 
encroachment of the city on 
that venerable suburb. One, 
atleast, remains unspoiled and 
even untouched, standing to¬ 
day as quietly dignified and 
invitingly beautiful as before 
the electric car clanged its 
boisterous way over a Belgian 
blocked street, or modern 
Gothic churches, suburban 
office-buildings and apart¬ 
ment houses craned their 
ambitious necks to peer over 
its high palings at the cool 
shade, the blossoming garden 
and spotless white walls of 
THE HOUSE FROM THE STREET 
their older and statelier 
neighbor. It is indeed an 
attractive spot, even for Ger¬ 
mantown, and the casual visi¬ 
tor can scarcely pass without 
longing to enjoy, if only for a 
little while, its quiet dignity 
and quaint simplicity. 
The courage of conviction 
must certainly have belonged 
to the founder of “ Wyck” 
to support him in the resolve 
to leave the ancestral estate 
in Wales and link his fortunes 
with those of William Penn 
on the new continent of 
America. That he preserved 
a feeling of loyalty or love for 
the former home is shown in 
WYCK, THE SEAT OF RICHARD HAINES, ESQ., 
Copied by Margaretha Morris from ‘ ‘ Brittannia Illustrata, or Views in perspective of the Seats of the 
Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain 
(From an OKI Drawing found at Wyck " in Germantown) 
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